lot
pronoun
[ lɒt ]
• a large number or amount; a great deal.
• "there are a lot of actors in the cast"
Similar:
a large amount,
a fair amount,
a good/great deal,
a deal,
a great quantity,
quantities,
an abundance,
a wealth,
a profusion,
plenty,
masses,
many,
a great many,
a large number,
a considerable number,
numerous,
scores,
hundreds,
thousands,
millions,
billions,
loads,
loadsa,
heaps,
a pile,
piles,
oodles,
stacks,
scads,
reams,
wads,
pots,
oceans,
a mountain,
mountains,
miles,
tons,
zillions,
gazillions,
a shedload,
lashings,
gobs,
a bunch,
bazillions,
a swag,
a shitload,
an assload,
Opposite:
a little,
not much,
a few,
not many,
lot
adverb
• a great deal; much.
• "he played tennis a lot last year"
Opposite:
a little,
not much,
lot
noun
• a particular group or set of people or things.
• "it's just one lot of rich people stealing from another"
Similar:
group,
set,
crowd,
circle,
clique,
bunch,
band,
gang,
crew,
mob,
pack,
company,
shower,
• an item or set of items for sale at an auction.
• "nineteen lots failed to sell"
Similar:
batch,
set,
collection,
load,
group,
bundle,
bunch,
consignment,
quantity,
assortment,
parcel,
aggregate,
• the making of a decision by random selection, especially by a method involving the choice of one from a number of pieces of folded paper, one of which has a concealed mark.
• "officers were elected rather than selected by lot"
• a person's luck, situation, or destiny in life.
• "schemes to improve the lot of the disadvantaged"
Similar:
fate,
destiny,
fortune,
doom,
situation,
circumstances,
state,
condition,
position,
plight,
predicament,
• a plot of land assigned for sale or for a particular use.
• "a vacant lot"
Similar:
patch of ground,
tract of land,
allotment,
piece of ground,
plot,
area,
tract,
acreage,
parcel,
building lot,
plat,
lot
verb
• divide (items) into lots for sale at an auction.
• "the contents have already been lotted up, and the auction takes place on Monday"
Origin:
Old English hlot (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lot, German Los . The original meanings were lot (sense 3 of the noun) and (by extension) the sense ‘a portion assigned to someone’; the latter gave rise to the other noun senses. The pronoun and adverb uses date from the early 19th century.
